Post by: blacktailer on December 29, 2010, 09:21:07 AM
If I wasn't there, I would not have believed this. Last night I was helping my neighbor Steve clear off the pond behind his house to make an ice rink for the kids. Steve's house is up on a hill and behind his house there is a wooded tree line before the pond. There is an old batting cage at the bottom of the hill tucked next to the trees that has netting to keep the balls in. A few days ago, Steve's wife told Steve that there was a dead deer tangled in the netting. After clearing the pond we went over to the cage to check it out. We found a massive non-typical buck tangled in the net. Check out the curly drop tines in the photo. As we were cutting this buck out, I was getting poked by something in the deep snow. I reached down and grabbed the rack of another huge 10-point buck that also became tangled in the netting and died at the same time! I am guessing they had been there for a week or so. They probably were walking along the trail together at night and bumped into the black netting and panicked. I am sure they thrashed and tried to run, but in doing so became even more locked in thus sealing their fate. They were so entangled that it took 20 minutes each to cut them free. The coyotes got the hindquarters of the typical 10-pointer but both bucks are in good enough shape that Steve is going to have both bucks mounted. I am guessing both of the bucks were 6-year olds and probably 200+ pounds each - we dragged both of them 200 yards in knee-deep snow. I will forward the pictures of the other buck once I get them. Unbelievable!!
Post by: KopperBuck on December 29, 2010, 09:23:18 AM
Post by: MuleySniper on December 29, 2010, 09:32:05 AM
MS
Post by: BlackRidge on December 29, 2010, 09:36:35 AM
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: blacktailer on December 29, 2010, 09:55:54 AM
WOW!!! Was this in Wa
I think it might have been in Minnesota
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Post by: HighCountry10 on December 29, 2010, 03:37:47 PM
Pretty crappy deal if you ask me. Wonder what the guys going to say when people ask him about them after he has them mounted? Having crap around your house thats killing deer isnt exactly something to be proud of.
You can't be serious! It is his backyard! Deer get tangled up in things all the time. I don't think a deer would walk right into that? I am going to guess there was a bat handle or something with alot of sweat on it and the deer was licking it (salt)?
Post by: dirty24d on December 29, 2010, 03:41:51 PM
Pretty crappy deal if you ask me. Wonder what the guys going to say when people ask him about them after he has them mounted? Having crap around your house thats killing deer isnt exactly something to be proud of.
You can't be serious! It is his backyard! Deer get tangled up in things all the time. I don't think a deer would walk right into that? I am going to guess there was a bat handle or something with alot of sweat on it and the deer was licking it (salt)?
more likely fleeing a predator or sparring and then whoops I'm stuck..
Post by: ser300wsm on December 29, 2010, 03:43:25 PM
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on December 29, 2010, 03:49:27 PM
That non-typical will be a great conversation piece, that is for sure.
Post by: dirty24d on December 29, 2010, 03:53:42 PM
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Post by: grundy53 on December 29, 2010, 03:55:51 PM
You cannot blame some one for having a batting cage at their house. I've seen pictures of deer caught in swing sets before.
That non-typical will be a great conversation piece, that is for sure.
ya it's not like he's gill netting whitetails on purpose.... :P :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Buckmark on December 29, 2010, 03:56:19 PM
Now i am not saying the story is not true or anything, but..... is it just me or the very first pic looks totaly fake, i cant quite see how the guy is holding up the deer, and well it just kinda looks funny, something about that pic is not right.
Now i would like to see more pics of the last deer (the typical), how did his right antler get cut off so evenly? :dunno:
Post by: dirty24d on December 29, 2010, 04:03:37 PM
Sucks for those deer.
Now i am not saying the story is not true or anything, but..... is it just me or the very first pic looks totaly fake, i cant quite see how the guy is holding up the deer, and well it just kinda looks funny, something about that pic is not right.
Now i would like to see more pics of the last deer (the typical), how did his right antler get cut off so evenly? :dunno:
I'm thinking the non typ looks goofy because of the fact that its frozen solid and rigormortis (sp) has set in.
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on December 29, 2010, 06:17:08 PM
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Post by: blacktailer on December 29, 2010, 07:41:30 PM
Sucks for those deer.
Now i am not saying the story is not true or anything, but..... is it just me or the very first pic looks totaly fake, i cant quite see how the guy is holding up the deer, and well it just kinda looks funny, something about that pic is not right.
Now i would like to see more pics of the last deer (the typical), how did his right antler get cut off so evenly? :dunno:
Here are a couple of more of the typical. I don't see any altered photos though I am certainly not an expert. Don't see any reason for a fabricated story thought I imagine there could be lots of them. Something that could happen to anyone living in deer country, though it should only ever happen once. In Kodiak, we took the seine net down ASAP. Felt kind of bad, but that was a tasty buck after eating salmon for a straight month.
Post by: grundy53 on December 29, 2010, 08:55:12 PM
Look at the first pic real hard... photo shop. Look at the second pic, hard to see if it's real. Where's the snow on his neck? The last pic looks like the real one? :dunno: I'd like to see a gamies report on something like that. In washington? ??????????????
I don't think so. Think about it if you were going to photo shop something why would you put it in a goofy position like that? i think it looks too goofy to be fake. if that makes any sense... i just think thats what happens when a deer dies in a weird position and then is frozen for a week.
Post by: dirty24d on December 29, 2010, 10:06:42 PM
Look at the first pic real hard... photo shop. Look at the second pic, hard to see if it's real. Where's the snow on his neck? The last pic looks like the real one? :dunno: I'd like to see a gamies report on something like that. In washington? ??????????????
I don't think so. Think about it if you were going to photo shop something why would you put it in a goofy position like that? i think it looks too goofy to be fake. if that makes any sense... i just think thats what happens when a deer dies in a weird position and then is frozen for a week.
My thoughts exactly!
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Post by: granola/hippyslayer on January 01, 2011, 05:40:09 PM
Humm... maybe they are onto something here. May stretch a few nets between trees.....no tie a net between two tractors and go "catch" some deer
Post by: wsucowboy on January 01, 2011, 06:12:35 PM